CVE-2018-1126 json
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to an incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation/integer overflow issues.
published 2018-05-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11770
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to an incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation/integer overflow issues. This flaw is related to CVE-2018-1124.
Patch / fix
- procps-ng_project procps-ng 3.3.15
- schneider-electric struxureware_data_center_expert 7.6.0
- procps Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.3.15-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1126
- procps Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3
- procps Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4
- procps Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1126
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- procps RHEL 6 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3
- procps-ng RHEL 7 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2
- procps-ng-i18n RHEL 7 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2
- imgbased RHEL 7 1.0.17-0.1.el7ev
- python-imgbased RHEL 7 1.0.17-0.1.el7ev
- redhat-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-20180531.0.el7_5
- redhat-release-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-3.1.el7
- redhat-virtualization-host-image-update RHEL 7 4.2-20180531.0.el7_5
red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1944RHSA-2018:2267RHSA-2018:2268RHSA-2018:1777RHSA-2018:1700RHSA-2018:1820
- procps SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 3.3.15-7.7.26
- procps SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +13 more 3.3.9-11.18.1
- procps SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 3.3.9-11.14.1
- procps SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.2.7-152.31.1
- procps SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 3.3.9-11.11.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2730-1SUSE-SU-2019:0450-2SUSE-SU-2019:0450-1SUSE-SU-2018:2451-2SUSE-SU-2018:2042-1SUSE-SU-2018:1836-1
- procps openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.3.17-5.2
- procps openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.3.15-lp150.5.3.1
- procps openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.3.15-lp151.6.3.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11195-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2379-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2376-1
- procps-ng Arch Linux 3.3.15-1
arch linux advisories AVG-705
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1126 updated cvss 4.8
procps: incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation / integer overflow issues
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 procpsaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) procps-ng 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) procps-ng 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4) procps-ng 3.3.10-16.el7_4.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1944
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-16.el7_4.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1944
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) procps 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) procps-devel 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) procps-ng 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) procps 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) procps 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2267
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) procps-devel 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) procps-devel 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2267
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) procps 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) procps-ng 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) procps 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2268
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) procps 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2267
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) procps-ng 3.3.10-16.el7_4.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1944
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) procps-devel 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) procps-devel 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2268
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) procps-devel 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-35.el6_7.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2267
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-16.el7_4.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1944
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.6) procps-devel 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) procps 3.2.8-30.el6_6.1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2268
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) procps 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) procps-ng 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) procps-devel 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3, procps-debuginfo 3.2.8-45.el6_9.3fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1777
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) procps-ng-i18n 3.3.10-17.el7_5.2fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1700
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Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.2-20180531.0.el7_5, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.2-20180531.0.el7_5 Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) imgbased 1.0.17-0.1.el7ev, python-imgbased 1.0.17-0.1.el7ev, redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.2-3.1.el7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 4.2-3.1.el7fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1820
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 procps-ng, procps-ng-i18n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 procps-ng, procps-ng-i18nnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- qualys.com https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- [UNKNOWN] procps-ng, procps
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
References
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qualys.com
/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
exploit, third-party-advisory
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usn.ubuntu.com
/3658-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2018/dsa-4208
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2018:1777
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2018:2267
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2018:2268
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2018:1700
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2018:1820
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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usn.ubuntu.com
/3658-2/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2019:1944
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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help.ecostruxureit.com
/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/104214
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1041057
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1126
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-1126
- NVD CVE-2018-1126
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